Tina you could try finding a copy of Win2K if you don't like the sound of the XP registration process that so many have complained about, XP & 2K are almost identical being noth based on the NT kernel, I've been using XP since march this year & it's the most stable OS I've used that's come from MS. The only rival to it has been for me MacOS, but don't tell anyone I said that ;) Rob